Film
The Skinny magazine film guide. We bring you the latest new releases, UK film festivals, previews, reviews, exclusive interviews with film directors and actors, opinion pieces and film features.
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New ReleasesThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Based on James Thurber’s short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty stars its director Ben Stiller as an inexpressive, daydreaming underachiever who,... Read more »| 20 Dec 2013 -
New Releases
American Hustle
American Hustle is based on the Abscam sting operation of the late 70s and early 80s, but David O. Russell’s loose ensemble piece is more giddily ... Read more »| 19 Dec 2013 -
NewsFilm News: Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema returns; Joseph Gordon-Levitt linked to The Sandman movie
Film news: The Hippodrome announces it's Festival Of Silent Cinema for 2014; BAFTA Scotland call out for entries in the New Talent Awards; Joseph Gordon-Levitt attached to The Sandman adaptation; Shia LaBeouf is a plagiarist; plus the latest trailers Read more »| 18 Dec 2013 -
News
Film News: RIP Peter O'Toole; street food at GFF; more news on the Terminator reboot
A roundup of today's film news: Peter O'Toole passes away aged 81; Game of Thrones' Emilia 'Khaleesi' Clark to play Sarah Connor in Terminator reboot; Street Food Cartel comes to GFF, plus the first trailer for Christopher Nolan's Interstellar Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
New Releases
All Is Lost
Although many were impressed with J. C. Chandor’s Margin Call, it’s doubtful anybody thought he was capable of a film like All Is Lost.... Read more »| 16 Dec 2013 -
Festivals
Film News: More prize money for EIFF; ¡Viva! Festival line-up announced
A roundup of film news: EIFF increases its prize funds; Manchester's ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin-American Film Festival and Glasgow Youth Film Festival programmes unveiled, Spiderman set for two spin-off movies; plus: the latest trailers Read more »| 13 Dec 2013
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NewsFilm News: Godzilla returns; Creative Scotland seeks new executive; Simon Pegg joins Monty Python
A roundup of film news: Creative Scotland seeks a new Director of Film & Media; Simon Pegg joins the cast of a new Monty Python project; plus trailers for the new Paranormal Activity and Godzilla outings Read more »| 12 Dec 2013 -
New ReleasesThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Though still brimming with some narrative bloat, the second Hobbit feature is overall a considerable improvement on its meandering, tonally scattered predece... Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Film News: Lost Peter Sellers film found in skip, Terminator reboot gets a title, and more
A lost Peter Sellers movie found in a skip to screen at Southend Film Festival; the Terminator franchise gets a reboot; Ben Whishaw to play Freddie Mercury; plus trailers for Jupiter Ascendant and Bad Words Read more »| 11 Dec 2013 -
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Film News: X-Men Apocalypse announced, Disney acquires Indiana Jones, and more
Bryan Singer announces another new X-Men film; Disney acquires the Indiana Jones franchise; the new Godzilla remake goes viral, plus trailers for Mandela - The Long walk To Freedom and Walking With The Enemy Read more »| 09 Dec 2013 -
Opinion
DVD Christmas Gift Guide
A DVD isn't just for Christmas, it's for life (or at least until all physical media becomes completely obsolete). Don't just make a mad dash to HMV's bargain bucket this year – consider below the cream of the crop of DVD and Blu-ray releases in 2013 Read more »| 09 Dec 2013 -
Opinion
The Films of 2013: Girl Power
Is this the year women got a fair shake in movies? Our top ten suggests a tentative yes: from Wadjda's pint-sized rebel and Zero Dark Thirty's ferocious CIA agent to Frances Ha's loveable flake, 2013's best films were dominated by great female characters Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
Interviews
Fresh Meat: Rough Cut Set Visit
In a forest in the Lake District a giant lactating worm has enslaved a town and is eating hitchhiking teenagers. Trickster Jamie Shovlin lets us see behind the scenes of his latest meta mind-fuck Rough Cut, a documentary about a film that never was Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
New Releases
The Patience Stone
After her astonishing work in Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly, Golshifteh Farahani’s performance in The Patience Stone confirms her status as on... Read more »| 03 Dec 2013 -
Dvd Reviews
Staff Do, or Staff Don't? Why Not Stay at Home with a Comedy DVD...
The Christmas period is jam-packed with comedy nights, which are in turn jam-packed with office parties; which is precisely why you should avoid them like the plague, argues our Comedy ed Read more »| 03 Dec 2013